UK military pilot training project six years delayed - spending watchdog

Britain could be left short of military pilots after a 3.2 billion pound ($5 billion) training project fell nearly six years behind schedule, the government's spending watchdog said on Friday. The National Audit Office (NAO) said a 25-year contract awarded to Ascent, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Babcock International , in 2008 should have been at full capacity last year but would now not be until the end of 2019. Delays to the project to train pilots for Britain's air fo